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Hey r/LetsNotMeet, this is our first and probably only encounter, unless I have just majorly jinxed myself in which case here's to the start of a beautiful relationship. For now, let me tell you a story, a story in which I became a creeper, to stop one. Cryptic? Well let me indulge you.

I usually work late shifts, only until eleven so it's not so bad, however this Monday night I decided to have a few drinks after work with some co-workers. Now, two in the morning I decide to walk home my journey to and from work is about twenty five minutes or so, mostly downhill on the way back.

So I'm walking in the beauty of the night, just me, silence and the moonlight. Halfway through my journey a shady looking guy comes from the local park, he's a good twenty feet in front of me so I continue the joys of my stroll home. Nearing the bottom of the hill a girl walks past the shady dude....The shady dude stops, leans on a wall and remains there. I keep walking, walk past the girl, a pretty one at that, probably about my age, Hell if I wasn't in a happily committed relationship and not so concerned about freaking her out I'd have made a move of some kind. We both continue or journey going opposing routes.

I walk past the stationary shady guy, a few paces later I turn behind me.

The shady guy is now trailing the girl, I stop for a second to think this through, despite me instantly labeling the shady guy as shady I didn't really want to judge him as a creeper. However his pace had increased and it was as if he had purpose to his walk.

"Oh fuck it" I thought to myself, I began shadowing the creeper. Thankfully he was unaware of me, understandable really given that he was fucking power walking now. The jury in my head had already reached a verdict, this guy was up for some serious shit. I think the girl was now aware that the two people she just passed were now on her tail. I had to do something as well because we were getting to the most secluded part of the walk, if there was a time to make a move on a defenceless person that would be it.

The problem is, I had no clue how to go about this, I could run to her, and warn her. That however would mean running past the creeper, and creeping her the hell out in the process, I could distract the creeper....Which would probably result in my grizzly death (So much for not judging). I eventually, went for the classic 'Fuck it' tactic.

"HEY SWEET HEART! FANCY A GOOD TIME???!!"

My logic was, if I could provoke her from a distance, it'd both catch her attention, and ward off Mr.Shady pants.

The shady guy jumped out of his skin and looked around, at this point I prepared myself for a fight, there was no need, he veered off in a totally different direction....The girl on the other hand started running, running for her fucking life by the seems of it.

So there I was, standing close to the secluded part of my walk, feeling like a creeper myself. The majority of myself is thrilled that I prevented something terrible from happening.

The other part though feels terrible for scaring her, I to this day kind of wish I came across her again, just so I could explain the situation.

"I was walking alone, and passed a guy, and a shady looking guy. After a while, I notice that the shady guy is walking towards me very quickly and the second one is staring at me intensely, like he's trying to decide what he'll do to me.

Then, right before I can scream or run, the second one shouts 'HEY SWEETHEART, FANCY A GOOD TIME!?' which makes the shady guy run away, probably to let this guy do something. I decided to nope the fuck out of there and ran as fast as I could, making sure to take confusing and unnescessary turns to get home, slammed the front door and locked it."

I'm just joking, OP probably saved her. I can imagine wanting to explain yourself though :P

As a woman who was followed by two men at night a few months ago, thank you for intervening. Your line must have scared the crap out of her, but things could obviously have been much worse.

As for other women (and men) that find themselves in this girl's shoes, self defence experts say the best thing to do if there's no one around is to acknowledge the perpetrators - yell, scream, announce you're calling the police, make a scene. Don't be afraid to provoke them; they already mean business, and you want to make it clear you're not an easy target.

I think you did the right thing!!! But for future situations (hopefully they will never happen) maybe shout "This creepy guy is following you!" so she knows there are good people looking out for one another! :)

I actually think this would put OP in considerable danger, so I think he handled it well. Plus, if you said something like this, the girl might think that you are not only a creeper, but that you refer to yourself in the third person.

I know people are saying you probably traumatized her, but in the grand scheme of creepy things people could have said, yours wasn't nearly as bad. Thanks for considering her well-being above your own!

Op, this is pretty crazy as it happened almost exactly the same way to me the other night. However, I didn't yell words I made a very loud and audible cough to let the creeper know he had company watching him.

There's a whole lot of debate on this post about whether or not your tactics were right. What people need to realize is that you aren't trained for this sort of thing you are just a good guy trying to help a stranger while keeping himself safe. You did more than most people would. Also who cares if the sentance you yelled creeped her out a bit. Worse things could have been said, what you said was pretty mild and it alerted her. What I am trying to say with all this is that you did a good thing. For some reason people feel the need to nitpick at your actions when overall what you did was good and more than most would do.

OP, here's the problem with your approach: if that chick was a police officer conducting a sting, and the creeper before you was a real rapist, you would have been utterly fucked. Good luck explaining to the cops you were actually trying to save her.

EDIT: For all the downhaters: I'm trying to say something other than what you perceive. Not asking OP to have shut up.

No, where the fuck is everyone getting this idea. I'm just saying scream the RIGHT thing. "There is a guy stalking you. RUN RUN."

That's a matter of perspective though, If I had screamed that, the creepy dude would have probably turned angry and directed that at me. I'm going to help the girl, but I'm not going to end up getting in needless fights as a direct result.

Guess so. Be careful next time though. Also thanks for posting, I now know what not to do in this situation. It's not very obvious, I'd probably do the same thing you did and congratulate myself on my genius while a SWAT team rappels down on my unsuspecting ass.

Far better to scare her than allow her to be assaulted. I probably would have yelled "This guys following you!" or something other than what OP said, but he was reacting on the fly. Kudos to him though, he may have saved her life.

I am not saying he is a bad person or that he set out to hurt her. I am sure in her head this was a very traumatizing night for her. We have no idea what would have happened to her if he hadn't intervened. Maybe something, maybe nothing at all.

Yes. It would be. Where did I say it wouldn't be? I said the same thing he said "that he probably scared the crap out of her." Yet, some how when I say it, it is wrong. The Reddit hive mind needs to think once in a while.